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Monday, December 09, 2013

Happy giveaway day!
Twice a year, the folks at Sew, Mama, Sew host a big giveaway day, where lots of sewing bloggers give away sewn items or sewing supplies. This time I have a copy of the newest issue of Modern Patchwork to give away.

This issue of Modern Patchwork has instructions for a pillow I designed. I still think the block would look good made up into a quilt... maybe someday.

This giveaway is open to anyone living on planet earth.

To enter, please leave a comment on this blog post telling me something interesting. (Something more than "pick me!")

You're being awfully exclusive on your shipping! :) Due to extremely slow service, I have sworn off my single addiction, Sonic lemon slushes. I swore I wouldn't go again until the new year (6 weeks at the time), but I'm going through terrible withdrawls, and thinking of caving.

Great magazine! Something interesting? I grew up in Alaska, on a farm and walked a mile, each way to the highway to catch the school bus to and from school. Bus ride was 17 miles from my house to the school. All true, hehe. I had a wonderful childhood and wish I could have given my kids something similiar. Wishing you and yours Happy Holidays!

I saw you're a member of the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild... I just joined the Triangle Modern Quilt Guild (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) in North Carolina. Happy Holidays from your East Coast quilting family! (Although I think we got your weather here today... super cold and rainy!)

My husband and I both have one child from a past relationship and both of them all 11 but the crazy thing is that the both were born on the same day in the same hospital..CrAzY! We now have a child together that was also born in the same month as other other to children but later in the month!!The kids think it is so totally cool because very one thinks they are twins!!Thanks for the chance, Jessicajuceyj03@gmail.com

That is a great pillow and congrats on the magazine. I could use a new magazine. I really need to be doing some holiday decorating. I am thinking about setting up the tree on Christmas eve this year. That's what they do on tv and in the movies. I have not purchased one gift this year either. I'm in trouble. lol

I couldn't stand to drink black coffee, although I've tried for years. When I gave up drinking soda, I instantly loved black coffee. I have yet to have my coffee this morning, hence this boring interesting fact. :p

It's still early and I couldn't think of anything particularly interesting so here's something amusing. A poem. My son thought this was hilarious when he was young.

Snowball By Shel Silverstein

I made myself a snowballAs perfect as could be.I thought I’d keep it as a petAnd let it sleep with me.I made it some pajamasAnd a pillow for its head.Then last night it ran away,But first– – it wet the bed.

Thanks for the chance! Something interesting... One time I was watching TV when the remote batteries died so I got up, threw the old batteries away, opened the drawer with the batteries, took out the wine opener, opened a bottle of wine, poured myself a glass, sat back down, and couldn't figure out why the remote wasn't working! I was clearly distracted that night!

Reading all the comments is so much fun :) Well. I'm Russian (snow, bears, vodka, that kind of staff), but I'm currently living in Indonesia. This is going to be the first New Year I celebrate without snow and cold. It feels so strange. My brain just can't believe it's December, because there is no snow. And Christmas decorations in shops look just absolutely out of place and kind of surreal...

Retired from an airline and moved to one part of the country they don't fly to! And then got a part time job at the library handling books and as an avid reader this is giving the keys to the drug store to a drug addict.

Although I fly back to my home in California in 9 days, I'm actually finishing up a study abroad semester in Aix-en-Provence right now. The language has kept me on my toes, but I have loved this adventure!

[I got that little tidbit from http://dailyapple.blogspot.com/, which I found last year when I was trying to figure out what a "Hip bath" was, it's a great site for daily reading of randomness! I don't know the likelyhood that I will win, but I wanted to share this site with you any way if you like random knowledge, you will be heaven! *\0/* Cheers!]

ok, you want to read more! Let me think! This is kind of a hard question not knowing what you find interesting but I might just tell you some simple things: Did you know that a 6 year old can start laughing when you sing "silent night ... sleep in heavenly peace" cause she thinks you are singing about peas .. or was it pee she had in mind? who knows! she could not stop laughing.

Something interesting....? How about, I've made over 70 quilts in the last 3 years and I STILL havent made one for MYSELLF! That's actually probably pretty common with us quilters, though! Thanks for the chance to win! Enjoy reading everyone's 'interesting' comments:-)

I love some of these answers! I'm going to be vague, I got a tarantula this year, and what it does to cockroaches in order to eat them is very interesting. Horrifying, but interesting. Leaving it at that :|

This comment was emailed to me by Clarice: I live in Maine and love to quilt. Mostly I make lap robes and other things to donate to Chaplinacy Service of Maine. I use scraps and yard sale yardage. I do about one quilt a year which I give to someone in the family. In the summer I garden a little, keep pots of things growing on my patio. I don't do a lot as I am about to turn 85 years old and can't manage as much as I used to. I would love to get your magazine and the pattern you showed on your blog. Have a Merry Christmas. Clarice

Hmm something interesting, let me think a long long long time ago one of my relatives was related to a Dutch King, does that make me a princess? Or maybe has anyone else that you know had 3 root canals in one year on one tooth before they built up the courage to get it pulled out? The latter hasn't happened yet, stil working on the courage bit! Thanks for the great giveaway, love the pillow! Fi

did you know quilting is the most popular sewing category hobby after clothes making?I think it is addictive! I like your chicken quilt block tutorial- I will use it to make a wall hanging for my mum's kitchen. I am thinking of adding a red gingham border and a band of cream linen at the bottom, where she can pin things.Thank you for taking part and introducing your blog- I ma now a follower.Merry Christmas

For the first three years of our marriage, my husband and I resided on separate continents! He lived in Nigeria, while I remained in the US. I'm so glad we live in the same city now :D. Thanks for the chance to win!

I'm currently in the train back from work. And i'm spending it in the best way I can; surfing different blogs for Giveaway day! And the windows of my car where frozen over this morning for the very first time this winter. hopefully we get some ice this winter and the 'elfstedentocht' will be held...

Why is it when someone says "tell me something interesting" or "tell me a joke" my mind goes completely blank. Does this happen to everyone? I live near Seattle, and although we get tons of rain we seldom get snow.

Interesting? Hmmm, how about this: The automatic popup bread toaster was patented before the bread slicing machine. 1919 and 1928. That’s right, people sliced their own bread for the toaster for almost a decade before sliced bread was sold.Love the book and your pillow!

When I was 10 in 1962, I decided to make a quilt. I asked all the neighbor ladies for scrap fabric and with the help of my mom I hand pieced enough 9 patch blocks to make a quilt. My dad built a quilt frame and the whole family got involved. My dad and both older brother helped my mom and me do the quilting. Lots of pricked fingers but we got it done and I still have it today. It is a well loved memory of my first sewing project. Thanks, Kathykdavis1@centurytel.net

I am finishing up a baby quilt for my new grandson due in 3 weeks. They just decided on a name, "Ben" and now I can FINISH appliqueing his name on. Then done! Woo hoo. It is hand-quilted, so it has taken a while.

My great grandmother's aunt dated Al Capone and my great grandmother received a fur coat from Al Capone as a gift. Not a respectable man at all. Actually died out of prison due to syphilis but it's still interesting none the less.

I bought a bar of Lindt dark chocolate with caramel and a touch of sea salt. The chocolate was awesome but I didn't taste or see any caramel. The sea salt was really crunchy but no salt taste. Wahhhhhh! It was chocolate with nuts, I don't even know what kind. And I bought 2 bars. One was to be gifted,forget that now! How did that happen? Better than pick me? True story!

We have a possum which comes to visit and steal the cats food, he has a manky skin condition on his bum (its a type of dermatitis according to the wildlife people I rang) so we decided he's a zombie possum and named him Shaun, because the only zombie movie I've seen is Shaun of the Dead. Hilarious movie, you should watch it.

Um...I wish I had something as cool as a fish with no eyelids, but I don't. I guess, I have moved 3 times in the last year. I think I might have to move again, but its up in the air. I had to give away most of my crafty stuff in the last move due to having a small trailer and no money for a bigger one. The next move will be free if we do move! So no more having to give away my prized fabric lol.

I have one more semester before I graduate with a graphic communication degree. I promised myself I would do that before I turned 60 and I will be walking toward my diploma at 59. Made it by the skin of my teeth!

I think I am the only one in Oklahoma who does not have a smart phone and cannot get on Instagram. A clerk in the mall about fell out when she saw my cell phone. I don't have an IPAD or Tablet or Kindle either. I do have two sewing machines, two embroidery machines and a serger though. I am happy to follow you on Bloglovin. Merry Christmas from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com